BIB_ID
106806
Accession number
MA 558.9
Creator
Cornell, Ezekiel, 1733-1800.
Display Date
1780 Jan. 21.
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Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, before 1905.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 31.6 cm
Notes
The recipient of the letter is simply identified as Lt. Col. Ward, but it is likely that it was Samuel Ward.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and documents by Generals of the American Revolution; see collection record (MA 558) for more information.
Summary
Concerning the need for provisions for the officers in the Massachusetts Line who are in Providence; saying "The distress in this place is beyond description for the want of [illegible] as well as the want of Provision, But I hope with the Blessing of God on our exertions that none will perish;" asking to see "Resolves of the Council of War...respecting plundering destroying buildings; granting, in a postscript, permission for him to "draw your back allowance of Rum at Providence As I am confident you will draw no more than your due; adding that he has given orders "to leave this Town Immediately."
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